Triple
T2250435
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smiley’s People |
E49603
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Saul Enderby
Saul Enderby is a senior British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, notably portrayed as a politically attuned bureaucrat who contrasts with Smiley’s more traditional, moralistic spycraft.
|
E246497
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Saul Enderby | Statement: [Smiley’s People, character, Saul Enderby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Enderby Context triple: [Smiley’s People, character, Saul Enderby]
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A.
Julius Enderby
Julius Enderby is a high-ranking, somewhat fussy and conservative police commissioner in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "The Caves of Steel."
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B.
Danny O'Neill
Danny O'Neill is the charming, jazz-loving bandleader protagonist of the 1940 musical film "Second Chorus," portrayed by Fred Astaire.
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C.
Tobias Furneaux
Tobias Furneaux was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for accompanying James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific.
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D.
Elliott Key
Elliott Key is the largest island in Biscayne National Park, known for its subtropical coastal habitats, boating access, and recreational opportunities in South Florida’s Biscayne Bay.
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E.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Saul Enderby Triple: [Smiley’s People, character, Saul Enderby]
Generated description
Saul Enderby is a senior British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, notably portrayed as a politically attuned bureaucrat who contrasts with Smiley’s more traditional, moralistic spycraft.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Enderby Target entity description: Saul Enderby is a senior British intelligence officer in John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, notably portrayed as a politically attuned bureaucrat who contrasts with Smiley’s more traditional, moralistic spycraft.
-
A.
Julius Enderby
Julius Enderby is a high-ranking, somewhat fussy and conservative police commissioner in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "The Caves of Steel."
-
B.
Danny O'Neill
Danny O'Neill is the charming, jazz-loving bandleader protagonist of the 1940 musical film "Second Chorus," portrayed by Fred Astaire.
-
C.
Tobias Furneaux
Tobias Furneaux was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for accompanying James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific.
-
D.
Elliott Key
Elliott Key is the largest island in Biscayne National Park, known for its subtropical coastal habitats, boating access, and recreational opportunities in South Florida’s Biscayne Bay.
-
E.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc11b61888190af3b11b87dc8e0dc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b1948cc8190921b9fcc12c28db0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6b748cfc8190903590abf822d71d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6be54c84819085753fa6d59e655c |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.